№4(4), 2007

The chemical industry is a key segment of the Russian economy. It determines growth factors for all industrial complexes and creates a foundation for their long-term development. The chemical segment supplies goods almost for all businesses in agriculture, services, trading, cultural and educational spheres, and military-industrial sector. The expansion rate of economy and competitive...

Being one of the key inorganic products, soda ash is applied in many spheres: glass and dishware manufacturing, chemical and paper industries, nonferrous metallurgy, etc. The overall global output of soda ash makes up 30 million tonnes annually. The leading soda ash producers are the USA (with the annual output of 11 million tonnes), China (7.2m tonnes), and the EU (more than...

The IX Specialised International Exhibition Bythimexpo 2007 was held in the sports complex Olimpijskij (Moscow) on 4-7 April 2007. The event was organised by the ITE Company. Bythimexpo is an exclusive exhibition in the CIS countries which is devoted to household care products. About 80 companies from 10 countries attended this show in April. The expo participants discussed...

On 16 April, Moscow hosted a conference devoted to one of the key bulk chemical products – methanol. Representatives of more than 50 companies gathered to exchange views regarding the current environment in the global and CIS methanol markets. Among them were Gazprom JSC and its subsidiary Gazpromeksport, Sibur Ltd, Akron JSC, Metafrax JSC, Novatek JSC, Salavatnefteorgsintez...

The International Conference entitled “Polymer Additives” was held on 20 April in the Baltschug Kempinski Hotel (Moscow). Having been arranged for the third time by Creon Company, the event focused on the development of the world and Russian markets for plastics additives. The conference gathered more than 60 participants from Russia and other countries. Key...

The VI International Specialised Exhibition Interfarba 2007 brought together 131 companies involved in paints and coating business from 16 countries. The trade show took place in the International Expo Centre in Kyiv and was focused on raw material and intermediates, machinery, packaging and technologies for paint production.

This is the very first conference in Russia that spotlighted the CIS plastic pipe market, though the idea has been in the wind since 2000. Around 100 Russian and foreign companies participated in the event that was arranged by Creon on 6 April. The key speakers included Tamara Hazova (Creon CJSC), Miron Gorilovskij (Polyplastic Group), Aleksej Riabov (Dow Europe GmbH),...

At the end of April 2007, the Baltschug Kempinsky Moscow Hotel hosted the III International Conference Polyurethane 2007 centered about one of the most intensively developing chemical markets in the CIS. More then 70 experts gathered to discuss problems of the Polyurethane industry. They represented Russian and foreign manufacturers, suppliers and developers of polyurethane...

The IV International Chemical Summit Moscow 2007 attracted around 200 visitors from all over the world on 12-13 April. The President of the Russian Chemical Association Viktor Ivanov greeted the participants, pointing out that modern chemistry influences many sectors such as agriculture, machine building and production of alternative energy. Other key speakers were the Minister...

The annual conference on rubbers, tyres and rubber goods this time was held in Alushta, Ukraine and gathered nearly 40 Russian and foreign companies. Here you could encounter rubber producers and processors, representatives of companies that manufacture or trade tyres, general rubber goods, raw material and components, engineering and R&D institutions. Many speakers were...

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